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Class notes -- Joseph Liu: Copyright Law's Theory of the Consumer
Several of us are in Prof. Tony Reese's excellent class "Property and Contract Go High Tech." The gist of the course is that every week, a new spe…
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The MS FAT Drama...
Microsoft's patent to their FAT file system was rejected by the USPTO today... [Groklaw] Pending appeal, there are going to be a lot of pissed off businesse…
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RIAA demands less copyright protection
You've probably already heard about the Sixth Circuit's decision in Bridgeport Music v. Dimension Films, holding that even a small amount of unauthorize…
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Patriot Act Block
The AP (via CNN) is reporting that "U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero struck down a provision of the Patriot Act that authorizes the FBI to force Internet…
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Yowza
Part of everyone's favorite Patriot Act was struck down today, namely the part about the FBI access to what should be confidential communications records. […
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Quantum crypto, up and running
So I guess the Swiss have an operational data archiving network utilizing quantum cryptography for security. For those who have not followed the crypto revoluti…
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First Post - my iPod
So today I won a prize. A mini-iPod. It is quite the toy, however, I run this strange, mystical operating system called Linux, that Apple seems to pretend doesn…
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"E-voting and the Upcoming Election"
BayFF Event - "E-voting and the Upcoming Election" on Tuesday, October 12 at 7pm Sometimes activism can be fun. Come join EFF at the 111 Minna Galler…
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Texas-style courtroom justice
A federal judge in Texas lets loose on counsel in an absolutely fantastic opinion. A must-read.…
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interesting story abour Hemingway
LibraryLaw Blog: Locking up Hemingway about unpublished short story from 1924 not being able to be pub b/c of lit executors + CTEA.…
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Trial Court Denies Defendant's Motion for Fees, Cyberlaw Clinic Files Appeal
At a hearing on February 3, 2004, the Court denied defendant's motion for fees and costs under the California Anti-SLAPP statute. In reaching it's deci…
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new posts
still have tech problems -- new posts at http://academiccopyright.typepad.com on duration (charts that are helpful) and more on the MT papers and the unpublishe…